Brown says Phils weren't 'on same page' last year
An upbeat Domonic Brown checked into Camp Clearwater on Monday morning. He is preaching a positive attitude, and said players weren't always on the same page last season.
Domonic Brown probably has as much to prove in 2015 as anyone in the Phillies clubhouse at Bright House Field in Clearwater, Fla.
But he arrived Monday in an upbeat mood. He's coming off a poor season and is apparently subscribing to the power of positive thinking.
How does that work?
"Just staying positive every single day, man," Brown said. "You hear a lot of guys saying that but are they really thinking that? It's a difference, and I want to make sure that my teammates are on the same page as me. The last few years a lot of us haven't been on the same page. I want to make sure that we're trying to win ballgames and that's my biggest goal.
"Whether I'm sitting on the bench or playing every single day, it really doesn't matter. I'm going out there and I'm making sure that I'm going to give my team a chance to win a ballgame."
So, guys weren't on the same page last year?
"I think a lot of guys weren't on the same page, man," Brown said. "Usually the Phillie way (is) playing hard, running balls out, taking the extra base. We weren't doing those little things last year, and I want to make sure that everybody's on the same page to do those little things to win baseball games because we had that just a short period of time ago."
Huh. Are those guys still with the team?
"We're not getting into that," Brown said.